<![CDATA[[Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode]]>The Opera One is in dark theme, but the address bar keeps white when it's in private mode. strange.

PS - Opera One finally brings tab grouping to the users. Good work - keep it up.

Opera One 100.0.4815.21
Win 11

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/63479/opera-one-white-address-bar-in-dark-theme-private-modeRSS for NodeMon, 18 May 2026 08:11:09 GMTFri, 23 Jun 2023 20:31:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Wed, 28 May 2025 15:43:13 GMT]]>just to come back, shout out to the devs, and wanted to close this topic with a perfect ending. a journey that takes about 2 years. what a dark address bar...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/385963https://forums.opera.com/post/385963Wed, 28 May 2025 15:43:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Wed, 28 May 2025 13:31:03 GMT]]>Too late for me. Uninstalled opera on all my devices and jumped to Vivaldi instead. Simply not interested in using products from someone who takes that long to fix something so obvious. Also they pulled a similar one on their gx browser and told me it was by design when making a perfect dark theme suddenly cluttered with white.
Aftet using Vivaldi for a while i found it to be better
at everything. You can literally make your own dark theme, use custom add block filters to be closer to ublock, better customizable ui etc. It's based on chromium like opera. And the devs actually listen to the users and don't ignore them for years when obvious design flaws is reported. Its basically everything i wish opera was.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/385936https://forums.opera.com/post/385936Wed, 28 May 2025 13:31:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Tue, 27 May 2025 20:34:52 GMT]]>@nnq2603 Yes, finally 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/385869https://forums.opera.com/post/385869Tue, 27 May 2025 20:34:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Tue, 27 May 2025 14:19:56 GMT]]>@Pyll0 @Kallenavn @whisperer Quite a surprise. Today, Opera One build 119.0.5497.40 has already changed this questionable UI decision and it's dark in darkmode now. No longer white bar in dark mode Opera. Thanks to the new themes they introduced today.
scrshot

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/385842https://forums.opera.com/post/385842Tue, 27 May 2025 14:19:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:11:23 GMT]]>@Mr-yoshicat Not a bug probably

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/366664https://forums.opera.com/post/366664Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:11:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Mon, 16 Dec 2024 03:01:49 GMT]]>How is it not fixed

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/366649https://forums.opera.com/post/366649Mon, 16 Dec 2024 03:01:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:14:11 GMT]]>Indeed, it now late 2024, and the white address bar in dark theme private mode persists.

I do hope that this can be changed to black soon.

Many thanks to all who have commented on this, and many thanks in advance (I hope!) to the developers who will hopefully fix this someday!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/361301https://forums.opera.com/post/361301Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:14:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:06:03 GMT]]>@nnq2603 I agree. It doesn't make any sense to think that using a white color in dark mode is a good idea.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/333840https://forums.opera.com/post/333840Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:06:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 03:40:51 GMT]]>@whisperer Apparently they purposely hang on to the white address bar in darkmode for some unknown reasons(?) Even the possibility Leocg mentioned above might be true, like, some of them really think the private mode should be visually standout compare to normal mode, and standout in white

It's just super weird, because instead of providing a different dark color theme for private mode to make it distinguishable from normal mode, they decided to choose a white color for dark theme. It doesn't make any sense. If there're 2 separated color themes, one for light and one for dark according to windows theme, then white bar should only appear in light theme of opera, not dark one. There's zero sense to this color choice of pure white at all. It's all messed up.

If they're too stuck up with the idea of private mode theme need to be distinguishable from normal mode theme, then do in the way Brave or Vivaldi did. They have private/incognito mode in distinguishable color theme, and still suitable for dark theme. Of course the color choice of Brave or Vivaldi (private mode) might not fit to everyone taste, but in general, it's still better than pure white. Opera One pick the worst choice of color, by far.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/333820https://forums.opera.com/post/333820Wed, 15 Nov 2023 03:40:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Tue, 14 Nov 2023 22:37:36 GMT]]>Still a white address bar in Opera One version 105.0.4970.13.

Other theme issues are fixed, like the "This tab is playing audio" text, the world map of the VPN setting, editing bookmarks by right-clicking bookmarks in the bookmarks bar.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/333791https://forums.opera.com/post/333791Tue, 14 Nov 2023 22:37:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Thu, 09 Nov 2023 23:52:43 GMT]]>Still not fixed in Opera One version: 104.0.4944.54

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/333113https://forums.opera.com/post/333113Thu, 09 Nov 2023 23:52:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Sat, 28 Oct 2023 13:13:13 GMT]]>@shagratt I was just raising a possibility. And for me the private window in GX is bugged because it doesn't allow you to easily say that you are in a private window.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/331627https://forums.opera.com/post/331627Sat, 28 Oct 2023 13:13:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Sat, 28 Oct 2023 01:09:04 GMT]]>@leocg Maybe...but when your users think it should work diferently it needs to be considered as an option at least. And perhaps you can explain why is not an issue in the standard Opera but it was considered and changed in OperaGX. Are we talking of the same company devs?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/331606https://forums.opera.com/post/331606Sat, 28 Oct 2023 01:09:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:34:36 GMT]]>@shagratt Maybe it's not considered an issue?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/331566https://forums.opera.com/post/331566Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:34:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:09:48 GMT]]>Still not fixed. At this point I think Opera Devs just dont care or people in charge to report problems from this forums to the devs do a really poor job

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/331560https://forums.opera.com/post/331560Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:09:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:25:28 GMT]]>Still not fixed in Opera One version: 104.0.4944.33

BTW, hovering over a tab that plays audio, shows "This tab is playing audio" in white text on whitish background.

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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/331529https://forums.opera.com/post/331529Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:25:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:28:52 GMT]]>Its clear that Opera staff doesnt read this forum. Please report this as an issue for every update its not fixed.
Menu -> Help-> Report an issue

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330371https://forums.opera.com/post/330371Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:28:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:37:11 GMT]]>Still not fixed in version 103.0.4928.34.

BTW, when I right-click a bookmark on the bookmarks bar and choose Edit, I get an even worse result:

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As with the address bar, this has been the case for a long time.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330326https://forums.opera.com/post/330326Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:37:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:09:31 GMT]]>103.0.4928.26, white address bar in dark private mode, this problem is still going strong.

And it's not the case in other Opera edition (like OperaCrypto/OperaGX... none of them has this choice of color). It's strange that Opera One become an exception amongst its own peers.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329906https://forums.opera.com/post/329906Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:09:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Thu, 14 Sep 2023 23:00:53 GMT]]>Still not fixed as of 102.0.4880.51

😕

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/326983https://forums.opera.com/post/326983Thu, 14 Sep 2023 23:00:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Fri, 25 Aug 2023 04:55:59 GMT]]>Still not fixed!!! Annoying!!! I think the devs don't check here
we need to submit it as a bug

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/323938https://forums.opera.com/post/323938Fri, 25 Aug 2023 04:55:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:27:36 GMT]]>@nnq2603 Why is something like this even need a post, it should be fixed before released. It's really look like this one sneak through the test phase and came to users.

why is this even got approved in official UI

If the address bar has the purple color, it'd somehow make more sense than a pure white color in darkmode. There's no justification for this design, isn't it? (Of course the most obvious choice of color is just dark gray like normal Opera. The white here make no sense at all)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/322752https://forums.opera.com/post/322752Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:27:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Opera One] white address bar in dark theme private mode on Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:01:28 GMT]]>... still white address bar private mode in 101.0.4843.33, this issue keep going strong. Not fixed.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/322401https://forums.opera.com/post/322401Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:01:28 GMT